The New Hampshire attorney general and others are calling for a review of the state's stand-your-ground law in the wake of the George Zimmerman trial.

Following Zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, laws like Florida's stand-your-ground law have come under scrutiny, with critics saying they allow too broad a definition of self-defense.

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Florida's law wasn't raised during the trial, but the case prompted U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to call for states with similar laws to review them.

"It's time to question laws that senselessly expand the laws for self-defense," Holder said.

The stand-your-ground law in New Hampshire is conservative compared with other states. It allows the use of deadly force in a public place in self-defense or in defense of another. New Hampshire Attorney General Joe Foster said lawmakers should consider taking another look at the law.

"I think there were great concerns about the law," he said. "When I was a policymaker myself, I had concerns about it. I think it's a law that ought to be looked at again, and I'd support the Legislature to do that in due course."

State Sen. David Boutin, R-Hooksett, points to the failed effort to repeal the law in the last session as a reflection of the state's appetite to keep things as they are.

"This is sort of a knee-jerk reaction by the attorney general," Boutin said.

Rallies were held at the Statehouse earlier this year calling the attempt to repeal stand-your-ground was an attack on the Second Amendment. Boutin said that despite the call from the attorney general, nothing has changed.

"If he wants the Legislature to have another debate about it, we'll be happy to do that, but the issue isn't going to change," Boutin said. "People have the right to defend themselves and their families from bodily harm."

Since the law was passed in New Hampshire more than two years ago, it has not been applied to any case involving the use of deadly force in self-defense.